- Julie McBride
Infobox NBA Player
name = Julie McBride
nickname = Super Mario Julie
league =Turkish Women's Basketball League
position = Guard
height_ft = 5
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 130
team = Ceyhan Spor Club
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|9|24
birth_place =Troy, New York
highschool = Catholic Central HS (Troy, NY)
college = Syracuse University
draft = not drafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 2005
career_end =
former_teams =San Jose Spiders (2005–2006)Chicago Sky (2006)
awards =Julie McBride (born
September 24 1982 inTroy, New York ) is an American professionalbasketball player who is currently a member of Ceyhan Spor Club in theTurkish Women's Basketball League . McBride is also a formercollege basketball player for theSyracuse Orange who was a three-time All Big East selection.College
McBride graduated Syracuse as the school’s all-time leader in points (1,605), scoring average (14.2 ppg), field goal attempts (1,378), 3-pointers (229), 3-point field goal attempts (707), free throws (348), assists (574), assists average (5.1 apg) and minutes played (3,964). She was a three-time All-Big East selection. [http://www.suathletics.com/News/basketball/wbasket/2006/5/3/mcbrideWNBA.asp?path=wbasket]
When CNNSI.com released a poll of the top 10 athletes all-time at Syracuse, McBride was the only female athlete on the list at No. 9 -- one slot ahead of future NFL Hall of Fame receiver
Marvin Harrison . [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/campus.syracuse.top10/content.2.html]Professional career
Following college, McBride played for the
San Jose Spiders of theNational Women's Basketball League in 2005 and 2006. She averaged 17.7 points per game in 2005 and 8.8 points in the 2006 season. [http://www.suathletics.com/News/basketball/wbasket/2006/5/3/mcbrideWNBA.asp?path=wbasket]On May 3, 2006, McBride signed a contract with the
Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She was waived on May 13. [http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2006.html]Following her brief stint in the WNBA, McBride went overseas to play for Ceyhan (pronounced J-Han) Spor Club, a pro team in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. In the 2006-07 season, McBride led her league in scoring (19.4 points per game) and assists (6.1). However, Ceyhan finished the season 1-7 after McBride suffered a season-ending injury, tearing her anterior cruciate ligament. Following the 2006-07 season, McBride signed a two-year extension. [http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=602459&category=SPORTS&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=7/1/2007]
External links
1. [http://www.wnba.com/draft2004/prospect_julie_mcbride.html WNBA.com Profile]
2. [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=TUR&PlayerID=81776&Women=1 Eurobasket Profile]
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